GIS-based studies in the humanities and social sciences
By: editor, Atsuyuki Okabe.
Contributors: Okabe, Atsuyuki, 1945-
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Ann Arbor
Language: eng
Number of pages: 328
Subjects: Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology.; Humanities -- Research -- Methodology.; Geographic information systems.; Spatial analysis (Statistics); Geographic information systems -- Japan -- Databases -- Case studies.
Genres: Case studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Results from a six-year research project entitled Spatial Science for the Humanities and Social Sciences (SISforHSS) carried out June 1998 to March 2004 by the Center for Spatial Information Science (CSIS) at the University of Tokyo.
Applies spatial methods in particular to economics, human geography, and archaeology.